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The group had made there way through the dark muck Discord called the Aether. Discord's horn was aglow as he used it to track down temporal distortions and seal them. Upon sealing the last of the rift's in this location they set off into the black void.

"Almost there my friend's." He stated as they trotted around in search of Twilight. They soon found Twilight in much the same way Dash had found Joseph the first time. She was curled up next to a strange white orb. She, however, was far easier to awaken thanks to the element of magic within her. It began to pulse as magic began to flow through her once more.

"Huh?" She mumbled as she slowly opened her eye's to see her friend's all smiling at her. When she fully came to she gasped and looked at her surroundings.

"Um, girl's where are we?" She asked as her eyes fell on Discord.

"And who is he?" She asked. Discord pouted.

"Why Twilight how could w=you ever forget about me?" He said pulling his head off causing the alicorn to shrink back in fright.

"Wow!" She watched with horror as Discord put his head back on and smiled as Twilight's friend's all crowded around her to give her a hug. Still freaked out by Discord's display she gave him an inquisitive look.

"How are you all here?" She asked then shrieked.

"You all didn't go and touch me did you?" She asked feeling horrible for dragging her friend's with her. They all gave a soft nope letting Twilight take a deep breath.

"Oh thank Celestia." She sighed as she looked around.

"So how do we get out of here?" She asked as Discord trotted around the group.

"Well, I can help with that." He said snapping clapping his hooves together. A small portal opened revealing the waking world to the group. He pointed to Twilight.

"This one's for you Princess." He bowed as she trotted up to the portal.

"Why just me?" She asked. Discord smirked.

"Unless you want all of us to inhabit your body then just you should walk through this portal." Twilight gave him a look of fear.

"Ok, not going to have multiple personalities in my own body thank you." She said as she studied the portal. Discord stopped her as she set a hoof in front of it, however.

"When you wake up can you tell Luna to open the portal." He winked at the others.

"She'll know What I mean." Twilight nodded and trotted through the portal. Soon the other's were greeted with a portal of there own. As the all trotted out they saw Twilight being smothered by her parents.

"Oh, our baby girl is ok!" Velvet cried as she tried to squeeze the life from the alicorn who looked like she needed some air. Finally, Velvet let go and her father took over.

"How are you doing champ?" He said ruffling her hair. She giggled as she shoved her father's hoof away and gave him a hug. He accepted it but their sweet reunion was cut short by Discord clearing his throat.

"Sorry to break this up but we still have four more pony's to awaken." He pointed to the other's who were still fast asleep.

"Oh no." Twilight held a hoof to her mouth as she saw her brother, his wife, the baby and Joseph all fast asleep. As she stared at them she got out of bed, albeit a bit wobbly after not using her legs for the past few days, with her horn lit up and pointed at the baby. She did a quick scan of his body and was astonished to feel his magical field was beginning to stabilize on its own.

"Wait not on its own." She said as she then cast an aura analyzation spell over herself and was horrified to see her brother's and sister in law's magic were being siphoned by the baby. She then looked at Joseph and saw a stream of his own life force being pulled towards him as well.

"NO!" She screamed as she trotted over to him and tried to wake him up. Her brother and sister would be fine without there magic for a little while. It would come back on its own. But a pony's life force was something completely different. She looked at her friend's and gave them the grim new's.

"If we can't find a way to stop this them Joseph is dead." As she thought about it her inner element began to resurface. She smirked at her own forgetfulness.

"Of course. The elements can sense when there's an imbalance." She stated as she looked at the others.

"Let's save our friends." She stated as she reached within herself, grasping for the wellspring of pure harmonic magic her element possessed. Soon the room was aglow with the magic of friendship and as with the other countless time's the group had done this the rainbow magic flowed between the four sleeper's weaving it's spell into there very being until it settled upon the colt himself. The rainbow began to shift and flux around him but soon it vanished and left a sight to behold.

"Wow!" Discord's jaw dropped to the floor and he had to bend down to pick it back up. The royal sister's stood there in disbelief. Velvet and her husband were in shock as well. As the magic began to fade and the girl's stopped floating in the air they all took a look at the occupants of the bed's hoping to see them bright and awake. Instead, they too all saw and remained locked onto the once baby now little colt.

"What?" Twilight shouted breaking the silence that had thus prevailed. Her shouting, however, did manage to wake everypony up. Shining was the first to wake up. He looked around groggily at first but then saw the whole room shift it's focus from the colt to him.

"Uhh." He looked around, surmised that he was in a hospital then found his eye's roaming to the other occupants.

"Cadance!" He shouted bolting from his bed and scrambling to her side. She at first had been awoken by Twilight's shouting and now that her husband had shouted her name she was fully awake and alert.

"Shining?" She asked as he took her into his loving embrace.

"Oh, honey!" Shining said as he nuzzled her neck and held her close. She just patted his head in an effort to get him to stop.

"Shining dear, it's ok." She said feeling just a tad bit awkward that his whole family was here.

"When we get home you and I are going to have so much sex you'll be sure to get pregnant again." He stated as Cadance sat there looking mortified.

"Sweetie your parents are here!" She fiercely whispered into his ear. He just hugged her more. Meanwhile there parent's were watching with smirks upon their muzzles.

"He has your sex drive dear." Night Light nudged Velvet.

"Well, he had to have some of my gene's." She quipped as the couple stood side by side. The royal sister's both sighed with relief. The group then all saw the little colt start to stir. Just as he began to wake, however, Joseph shot out of his sleep screaming. The whole room covered their ear's as Twilight cast a shield around the distraught human. With his voice silenced, he began to hyperventilate. As he calmed down Fluttershy trotted over to the young colt.

"Um excuse me?" she asked getting the little guy's attention. He briefly looked around as if in wonder of his surrounding's and slowly looked back to Fluttershy.

"Um yes?" He asked surprised that he could now speak. It caught him so off guard that he put a hoof to his throat. Fluttershy chuckled at how cute he was.

"I'm Fluttershy." She stated pointing to herself. Then she pointed to him.

"And you are?" She asked. The colt began to think. Something registered as his eye's lit up. Fluttershy noted this and would ask Twilight about it later.

"My name." The colt struggled to recall it as he rattled his little head. Finally, he took a deep breath.

"My name Is Aion." He said sounding a little unsure of himself. Fluttershy nodded.

"Well, Aion on behalf of Ponyville we," She waved to all the ponies present.

"Welcome you to Equestria." She smiled causing the colt to relax and crack a small smile of his own.

Author's Note

Next chapter it's back to our regularly scheduled program.